Thread: Why store your ebook collection on your ereader?
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Old 09-09-2013, 12:48 AM   #122
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Originally Posted by crossi View Post
With adequate file management software, which wouldn't be hard to program, and enough memory or a SD slot, either of which is inexpensive, I can see no reason NOT to keep all your books on your reader. Having just a few on your home page makes sense but why not have the rest in organized folders so you can easily find the book you want next?

Yes you COULD rely on cloud storage but why would that be preferable especially since the cloud is not always available, not able to be organized in the way that is most convenient to you, may not have all your books if you buy from multiple sources, doesn't have the metadata changes yoy might make for your books, is an unneccesary and unwanted step, and simply isn't trustworthy?
The books on the reader are not trustworthy either. The memory might break but more importantly how do you make sure that all the books are on all the readers you have? Must readers implement something like rsync also?
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